Lacerta sapphirina

Barabanov, Andrei V. & Doronin, Igor V., 2020, Annotated list of amphibian and reptile taxa described by Ilya Sergeevich Darevsky (1924 - 2009), Zootaxa 4803 (1), pp. 152-168 : 159

40. Lacerta sapphirina SCHMIDTLER, EISELT et DAREVSKY (1994: 57)

Holotype: ZSM 170 /93, adult female, “ Provinzgrenze Van / Aðri, 30 km NW Erciþ, 2.000 m, Türkei ”.

Etymology: Named after the Latin noun “ sapphirus ”, a blue gem, referring to the characteristic blue lateral spots in this species.

Present name: Darevskia sapphirina ( Schmidtler, Eiselt et Darevsky, 1994) fide Murphy et al. (2000).